Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2017 Census)

Rank City 2018 Pop (Est.) Growth Rate (Ann)
1 Chicago 2,716,450 0.1%
2 Aurora 200,965 0.2%
3 Joliet 148,462 0.1%
4 Naperville 147,682 0.6%
5 Rockford 147,051 -0.6%
6 Springfield 114,868 -0.2%
7 Peoria 112,883 -0.3%
8 Elgin 112,456 0.6%
9 Waukegan 87,729 -0.2%
10 Champaign 87,432 1.1%
11 Cicero 82,552 -0.2%
12 Bloomington 77,934 0.2%
13 Arlington Heights 75,634 0.1%
14 Bolingbrook 75,201 0.4%
15 Evanston 74,756 0.1%
16 Schaumburg 74,184 -0.0%
17 Decatur 72,174 -0.8%
18 Palatine 68,644 0.0%
19 Skokie 63,978 -0.2%
20 Orland Park 58,765 0.5%
21 Des Plaines 58,193 -0.0%
22 Tinley Park 56,668 -0.0%
23 Oak Lawn 56,087 -0.2%
24 Berwyn 55,550 -0.3%
25 Normal 54,284 0.5%
26 Mount Prospect 53,930 -0.1%
27 Wheaton 53,373 0.1%
28 Oak Park 52,261 0.1%
29 Hoffman Estates 51,567 -0.1%
30 Downers Grove 49,540 0.5%
31 Glenview 47,659 0.9%
32 Elmhurst 46,662 0.8%
33 Plainfield 43,926 1.5%
34 Lombard 43,745 0.2%
35 DeKalb 43,193 -0.2%
36 Moline 42,231 -0.4%
37 Urbana 41,989 0.3%
38 Belleville 41,649 -0.9%
39 Buffalo Grove 41,226 -0.1%
40 Bartlett 41,149 -0.0%
41 Crystal Lake 40,421 -0.1%
42 Quincy 40,303 -0.1%
43 Carol Stream 39,989 0.1%
44 Streamwood 39,978 0.0%
45 Romeoville 39,632 -0.0%
46 Wheeling 38,562 0.3%
47 Carpentersville 38,162 0.2%
48 Rock Island 38,110 -0.3%
49 Hanover Park 37,982 0.0%
50 Park Ridge 37,494 0.0%
51 Addison 36,820 -0.0%
52 Calumet City 36,633 -0.2%
53 Oswego 34,833 2.0%
54 Glendale Heights 34,058 -0.1%
55 Woodridge 33,598 0.3%
56 Northbrook 33,400 0.1%
57 Elk Grove Village 32,776 -0.2%
58 Pekin 32,731 -0.6%
59 St. Charles 32,714 -0.1%
60 Danville 31,424 -0.7%
61 Mundelein 31,385 0.1%
62 Algonquin 31,017 0.5%
63 Galesburg 30,769 -0.6%
64 Gurnee 30,767 -0.2%
65 Chicago Heights 29,901 -0.2%
66 North Chicago 29,842 -1.2%
67 Highland Park 29,767 0.0%
68 Niles 29,482 -0.2%
69 O'Fallon 29,272 0.5%
70 Lake in the Hills 28,936 -0.0%
71 Burbank 28,793 -0.1%
72 Granite City 28,746 -0.5%
73 Glen Ellyn 28,045 0.3%
74 Lansing 27,962 -0.2%
75 Oak Forest 27,685 -0.1%
76 Round Lake Beach 27,607 -0.3%
77 Wilmette 27,418 0.2%
78 Huntley 27,207 1.6%
79 West Chicago 27,182 0.1%
80 McHenry 26,911 -0.0%
81 Alton 26,725 -0.6%
82 East St. Louis 26,662 -0.2%
83 New Lenox 26,575 1.2%
84 Batavia 26,563 0.3%
85 Vernon Hills 26,253 0.6%
86 Kankakee 26,216 -0.7%
87 Carbondale 25,899 -0.0%
88 Lockport 25,434 0.3%
89 Woodstock 25,286 0.3%
90 Melrose Park 25,197 -0.1%
91 Belvidere 25,181 -0.2%
92 Edwardsville 24,967 0.4%
93 Harvey 24,908 -0.2%
94 Westmont 24,756 0.0%
95 Collinsville 24,703 -0.5%
96 Homer Glen 24,591 0.2%
97 Elmwood Park 24,537 -0.2%
98 Freeport 24,091 -0.9%
99 Rolling Meadows 23,988 -0.1%
100 Zion 23,952 -0.3%

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